Experiment

EXPERIMENT

Research topic

Inner, outer and expanding circle cultures influencing EFL students’ learning process.

Research problem

When students start their English acquisition process, they are encouraged to have a more native-like proficiency instead of being taught different varieties of English.

Research questions

Objectives

Instruments

Participants

1) Ask participants to fill in the questionnaire regarding their perspectives on the presence of inner circle cultures and language standards on their EFL resources (books, audios, etc.).

3) Measure the countable information in order to obtain the quantitative results by doing a frequency chart so that the exact percentages of students' responses can be presented.

4) Present results and draw some conclusions from the analysis of the data collected

Procedure

Data

Analysis

3) The information also will be categorized and codified in the same sections in order to show the percentage of the students’ answers so that a more general view can be presented.

Expected

results

2) ​​​Then, the categories will be qualitatively analyzed so that conclusions on the most repetitive students’ perspectives can be reached.

Regarding the analysis of the qualitative data:

Regarding the analysis of the quantitative data:

2) To know first semester students’ perceptions towards the influence of the standard versions of English and inner circle cultures on their own learning process.

3) To determine the impact of the influence of the standard version of English and inner circle cultures on students’ learning process.

1) A likert scale questionnaire in order to know the frequency of the influence of standard versions of English on students' learning process, taking into account their experiences in class.

2) An interview to know students’ perceptions towards the influence that standard versions of English have on EFL acquisition in general, taking into account their general knowledge on this topic.

1) To what extent do inner circle cultures and standard versions of English influence students’ view of learning English?

From the total amount of students admitted in the Foreign Language Teaching program, 15 first semester students from Universidad Industrial de Santander will be selected randomly.

2) Codify and categorize students’ answers in sections related to the main topic such as materials, methodologies, assessment, which are presented in a diagram, in order to analyze and present students’ perspectives.

1) The information will be categorized into three sections that are materials, methodologies and assessment with respect to the different students’ perspectives in order to find the different perspectives that students have on the main topic.

From students’ answers, it can be concluded that they are aware of the influence of English standard versions as well as inner circle cultures in their learning process since the materials and methodologies that professors use in class are most of the time related to inner cultures and standard English. Also, students are sometimes assessed taking into account an expected native-like proficiency.

1) To know first semester students’ perceptions towards standard versions of English and inner circle cultures.

2) To what extent do inner circle cultures and standard versions of English influence students’ actual learning process?